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| July 4, 2014
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 07/04/2014 10:31:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:27:08 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
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To: All
"The United States Flag Code outlines certain guidelines for the use, display, and disposal of the flag. For example, the flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This tradition may come from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII: the American flag bearer did not.
Team captain Martin Sheridan is famously quoted as saying "this flag dips to no earthly king", though the true provenance of this quotation is unclear."source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:29:01 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
103
posted on
07/04/2014 2:29:42 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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"The flag has been displayed on every US spacecraft designed for manned flight, including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Command/Service Module, Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. The flag also appeared on the S-IC first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle used for Apollo. But since Mercury, Gemini and Apollo were launched and landed vertically and were not capable of horizontal atmospheric flight like an airplane, the "streaming" convention was not followed and these flags were oriented with the stripes running horizontally, perpendicular to the direction of flight."source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:32:18 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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"Traditionally, the flag of the United States plays a role in military funerals, and occasionally in funerals of other civil servants (such as law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and Presidents of the United States). A burial flag is draped over the deceased's casket as a pall during services.
Just prior to the casket being lowered into the ground, the flag is ceremonially folded and presented to the deceased's next of kin as a token of respect. If the soldier was enlisted during wartime, and given an Honor Guard at the funeral ceremony, cartridges from the gun salute are gathered and placed into the folded flag."source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:36:16 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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" The Continental Navy raised the Colors as the ensign of the fledgling nation in the American War for Independencelikely with the expedient of transforming their previous British red ensigns by adding white stripesand would use this flag until 1777, when it would form the basis for the subsequent de jure designs.source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:37:58 PM PDT
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trisham
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"The flag is customarily flown all year-round at most public buildings, and it is not unusual to find private houses flying full-size flags.
Some private use is year-round, but becomes widespread on civic holidays like Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Presidents' Day, Flag Day, and on Independence Day.
On Memorial Day it is common to place small flags by war memorials and next to the graves of U.S. war veterans. Also on Memorial Day it is common to fly the flag at half staff, until noon, in remembrance of those who lost their lives fighting in U.S. wars."source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:42:14 PM PDT
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trisham
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If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men
shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our
Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots
to prevent its Ruin." ~Samuel Adams
Letter to James Warren (24 October 1780)
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:48:56 PM PDT
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trisham
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"The design of the flag has been modified 26 times officially, since 1777. The 48-star flag was in effect for 47 years until the 49-star version became official on July 4, 1959. The 50-star flag was ordered by President Eisenhower on August 21, 1959."source: Wikipedia
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07/04/2014 2:51:38 PM PDT
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:10:47 PM PDT
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trisham
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:14:21 PM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
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To: trisham
112
posted on
07/04/2014 3:25:32 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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07/04/2014 3:29:41 PM PDT
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:34:50 PM PDT
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RedMDer
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115
posted on
07/04/2014 3:48:27 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
We can only hope that cookout planners made alternative plans. I can see some guys buying umbrellas for their grills.
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:50:51 PM PDT
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posted on
07/04/2014 4:05:33 PM PDT
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posted on
07/04/2014 4:10:00 PM PDT
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DJ MacWoW
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"On U.S. military uniforms, flag patches are worn on the right shoulder, following the vehicle convention with the union toward the front. This rule dates back to the Army's early history, when both mounted cavalry and infantry units would designate a standard bearer, who carried the Colors into battle.
As he charged, his forward motion caused the flag to stream back. Since the Stars and Stripes are mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that section stayed to the right, while the stripes flew to the left."source: Wikipedia
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posted on
07/04/2014 4:10:31 PM PDT
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trisham
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07/04/2014 5:02:17 PM PDT
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